-- J.F.Gratton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Thursday, 20 February 2003, 09:53 PM -0500): > I might be using workarounds or not using my system effeciently but .... > I've never had to tamper with /etc/modules.conf. > > All I did so far to get modules to load and to work was to put them into > /etc/modules. > > For instance: on a 2.2.x kernel, my NIC module is rtl8139.o . In the > 2.4.x series, the module has been renamed to 8139too.o (actually it's a > new module, but let's not split hairs). All I did was to replace the > rtl8139 entry into /etc/modules with 8139too . > > What is the use of /etc/modules.conf et al. then ?
/etc/modules is used by Debian to manually add modules the user/sysadmin wishes to load at boot time. After adding them, you then run 'update-modules' as root, which reads this, as well as some files in /etc/modutils/, to *create* /etc/modules.conf. (This script is run as part of /etc/init.d/modutils at boot time, in case you're wondering why you haven't run it yourself and things still worked.) There's a lot more to it, and this answer is definitely a bit simplistic, but it's the basic idea -- and it's why you don't need to (and *SHOULDN'T*) mess with /etc/modules.conf in Debian. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
